The Rudimentary Thumbnail of the Horse. A small flat, oblong oval horn, wrinkled on surface, breaking off in scales, darker than the hoof, growing on inner side of leg above fetlock. Scales triturated.
Clinical
Coccygodynia. Epilepsy. Nails, affections of. Nipples, cracked, ulcerated. Warts.
Characteristics
This is a very ancient remedy, and was proved and introduced into homoeopathy by Hering. It especially acts on the nipples, the nails, and bones, especially causing pains in right tibia and coccyx. Burnett has cured with it a case of wart on forehead.
Relations.
Hepar relieves the sore nipples, Thuj has removed warts caused by *Cast-eq. *Compare: Calc-ox., Hipp., Cast., Mosch.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Unusual laughter about things not funny.
Head
Vertigo, headache, and nausea in mornings, sour stomach, and lack of appetite.
Appetite
Desire to smoke tobacco.
Abdomen and Stool
Colic with urging wakes him in the morning, followed by a very thin, watery, somewhat burning stool, with passage of offensive flatus. Pain in left inguinal region.
Female Sexual Organs.
Cracked, sore nipples in nursing women, excessively tender, cannot bear touch of clothing, even in neglected cases, ragged, nipples almost hanging. Breasts swollen, sensitive, itching internally, painful on descending stairs.
Respiratory Organs
Disagreeable sick feeling in larynx.
Heart
Peculiar sensation about heart as of something alive struggling.
Back
Weak spine. Pain in coccyx worse every evening while sitting.
Lower Limbs
Repeated pain in right tibia.
Generalities
Syncope. Epilepsy.
Skin
Warts. Nails drop off. Brittle nails.
